Sharon Ware, librarian at Shallowater Middle School, is on a quest to complete a mission for her late dad.

She wants to find a former Plainview High School student to return his lost senior ring.

“My father found a 1977 Plainview senior ring in the early 1980s when he was doing some work on the dorm rooms at Lubbock Christian,” Ware says.

Ware’s father, Jerry Murphy, died last year and her mother Linda rediscovered the ring while going through some of his things.

The Lubbock widow has entrusted it to her daughter in hopes that it can be returned to the rightful owner — Greg Oldfield.

“It’s silver colored with a blue stone,” Ware says. “It has the initials ‘G.O.’ on the inside and is from Zales Jewelry.” The name “Greg” is on the outside of the 10-karat ring, along with “Plainview High School,” the face of a bulldog and the year 1977.

“My dad was cleaning up some of the dorm rooms at LCU after school was out and found the ring in some stuff that had been left behind.”

To begin her quest for the ring’s owner, Ware called Plainview High School which referred her to Unger Memorial Library due to its collection of old Plainview High School yearbooks.

A search of the seniors listed in the 1977 edition of the Plain View revealed just one with the initials “G.O.” — Greg Oldfield.

Now she’s trying to locate Oldfield, or someone who knows where he is, so she can get the ring back to him.

“Dad always intended to track down the owner so he could give it back, but the ring kind of got lost in the shuffle over the years,” she explains.

Oldfield, or anyone who has his contact information, can telephone Ware at the Shallowater Middle School, 806-832-4531, and leave a message at the school office, or try her extension — 2406.